UNESCO is the lead UN Agency for promoting freedom of expression and safety of journalists as part of its mandate to “promote the free flow of ideas by word and image”.
Erkan Saka
Prof. at Istanbul Bilgi University
digital violence political trolls extreme speech digital ethnography citizen media
Some of my work that focuses on political trolls is directly connected to journalists' safety. Journalists are a frequent target of political trolls. My work on extreme speech situations is also relevant to journalist safety issues.
Definition of journalists' safety
There are many layers in defining safety. There might be explicitly physical attacks along with digital threats that may lead to safety issues. Legal threats that lead to job insecurity is another aspect of journalistic safety.Future plans for research on journalists' safety
I have a funded project to start after Turkey's Presidential elections in the middle of May 2023. The focus will be disinformation that will inevitably be related to journalists' safety issues.- Research focuses:
- Digital, Legal
- Methods used in research:
- Interviews, Qualitative content analysis, Ethnography
- Countries of research focus:
- Turkey
